About This Item

  • Call NumberPOST_0110
  • TitleA proven capacity repeat ride
  • SummaryCrowds gathered around amusement rides in glass-enclosed interior at Coney Island; sign at right reads, "This way to the Parachute." Caption: "A proven capacity repeat ride. G-Cruise is tops at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York."
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Correspondence on verso; postmark: Jul. 20, 1948.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderBrooklyn Postcard collection